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What are the disadvantages of tourism to local culture?

1, which destroyed the local culture to some extent. For example, there is a phenomenon of pseudo-folklore. Simply put, in order to cooperate with tourism, many folk business words, such as Nuo opera, are put into practice. Originally, it was just a special ceremony held on a special festival. Now some scenic spots have developed this program to cater to the needs of tourists, and it has lost its original meaning.

2. To some extent, it has affected the lives of people in tourist destinations. Even tourist nationality. Tourism nationality is a phenomenon that local people regard tourism resources as market resources to make profits. For example, in a mountain village in Yunnan, due to the development of tourism, the local ethnic minorities should have lived a life of farming and weaving, and began to change their behavior, no longer farming, but serving tourists, for example, providing photo service. In a word, they have become the accessories of tourism development, not the main body on which tourism development depends.

Generally speaking, the impact of tourism on local culture is commercialization and bonsai.

If you want to know more, you can read the book Tourism Culture.